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Politicians are excited about “clean coal,” but so far there’s no sign that it even exists.
by Peter Carrels,
Feb 19, 2009
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The American West at Risk presents a familiar litany of Western land-use problems, but also offers suggestions for how to solve them.
by Chuck Hulin,
Feb 17, 2009
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The long-delayed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., faces a new challenge: Barack Obama’s presidency.
by Judith Lewis ,
Jan 19, 2009
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Barack Obama is bringing Westerners to Washington, including Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to run Homeland Security, and Cabinet picks Ken Salazar, Hilda Solis and Steven Chu.
by Ray Ring ,
Jan 19, 2009
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Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
by Jane Braxton Little,
Nov 10, 2008
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Tim Lydon tells how Juneau, Alaska, cut its energy consumption by over 40 percent when its electricity supply was interrupted by avalanches.
by Tim Lydon,
Oct 28, 2008
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The urgency of the politicians' response to our economic troubles contrasts with the way we’re ignoring the greater crisis of climate change.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Oct 13, 2008
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Political conventions obsess about “clean” coal and Sarah Palin, and sideline discussions of oil and gas impacts.
by Sarah Gilman,
Sep 10, 2008
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Despite the growing threat of Western wildfire, most of us are still pretending it will go away if we just ignore it.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Sep 02, 2008
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Public-land managers in the era of global warming face
uncomfortable choices: Do they intervene to protect dying plants
and animals, or stand back and let this new version of
“nature” take its course?
by M. Martin Smith and Fiona Gow,
Jul 16, 2008
